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ICSE Notes 2018 : English Paper 2 (English Literature) (Jamnabai Narsee School (JNS), Mumbai)

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English Literature- Std. 9 Prose Journey by Night -Norah Burke Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow: Ref. I. He ran for these things. They used fuel recklessly to get the water hot soon. They laid steaming cloths on the child s belly. But after a bit, Sher Singh s mother said, He must be carried into hospital at Kalaghat . 1. Whom does he refer to? What things did he run for? Ans: He refers to the protagonist of the story, twelve year old Sher Singh, who was a child of the jungle. He ran for the sticks in order to be able to start the fire, the dung, the water and even tore up the rag. 2. Who is the child referred to in the extract? What ailment was he suffering from? What was the mother s reaction to the illness? Why? Ans: The child referred to in the extract is Sher Singh s younger brother Kunwar, who lay in a hut with a pain in his stomach that was getting worse. The mother did not react to the illness. She did not smile nor weep. This is because the mother had lived through the misery of seeing her children gradually move towards death. She had lost other children to cholera, influenza and jungle accidents. 3. Where was Kalaghat? How did Sher Singh hope to reach there? Ans: Kalaghat was at least fifty miles away from the village. Sher Singh hoped to reach there by getting through the jungle and crossing two rivers. He then hoped to get a lift in a bullock cart or perhaps even a broken-down truck for the last part of the journey. 4. How did Sher Singh react when his mother mentioned the word hospital ? Why? Ans: When Sher Singh s mother mentioned the word hospital , something took him by the throat. The reality of the situation struck him. He was certain that his brother was dying as, for the jungle people, the hospital was the place for the doomed. 5. What did the boy suggest he would do? How did his mother respond to his suggestion? What does this tell us about her? Ans: The boy said that he would run for his father, but his mother told him that it would be too late, as she knew that it would be days before Sher Singh found him. This tells us that she was 1

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